Author Archives: Grant

ReadyBoost: Compatible vs Enhanced

<![CDATA[Just a quick post to clear up any confusion on the ReadyBoost compatibility list. It turns out that devices which don’t quite meet the Vista storage spec may still show up as ‘compatible’ in Windows Vista (and in this list). Dave Pryce emailed to point out that the minimum spec for ReadyBoost is 2.5MB/s readContinue reading “ReadyBoost: Compatible vs Enhanced”

Kingston ReadyBoost Compatibility

<![CDATA[The ReadyBoost device list is still growing – 364 devices tested so far, 59% of which have worked with Vista ReadyBoost. Kingston have fared better than average with two thirds of tested devices working successfully. My own DataTraveler Elite has been running a ReadyBoost cache flawlessly for several months now. A few days ago IContinue reading “Kingston ReadyBoost Compatibility”

200 devices tested for ReadyBoost compatibility

The Vista ReadyBoost compatibility list received its 200th submission today. The list now tracks the ReadyBoost ‘readiness’ of devices from over 45 manufacturers. Some fun facts based on the data gathered so far: If there’s one thing the list does show, it’s that no one manufacturer has ReadyBoost compatibility nailed across their range. If you’reContinue reading “200 devices tested for ReadyBoost compatibility”

Fix for Gmail java app error

<![CDATA[Google recently launched a mobile java client for Gmail. You can download it by pointing your mobile browser to: gmail.com/app When I first tried it I got the error “This program requires a working data connection … Please check your signal strength”. Strange thing is I do have a working data connection that works withContinue reading “Fix for Gmail java app error”

SocialSearchr public beta

<![CDATA[I've just launched an early public beta of SocialSearchr. Using a combination of Google AJAX Search and the newly released Google Custom Search the site aims to improve the quality of search results in various niche categories by including only results from specific, trusted sites. The first category to launch was recipe search, which onlyContinue reading “SocialSearchr public beta”

Sony Bravia Glasgow ad goes live

<![CDATA[Sony published their follow up to the San Francisco 'Balls' ad today. Filmed in Glasgow, the new ad features a tower block getting blasted with coloured paint. It'll be shown on TV tonight, but you can see it online now at: http://www.bravia-advert.com/paint/thead/ To be honest, I was a bit disappointed with the end result. WhenContinue reading “Sony Bravia Glasgow ad goes live”

Sudoku module for Netvibes

<![CDATA[I’ve been getting into Netvibes recently. I’ll probably write more about it later, but for now just wanted to announce my first Netvibes module – MySudoku. After looking at the other Sudoku modules available on Netvibes, I thought my own Sudoku engine improved on all of those in several key areas. It took about threeContinue reading “Sudoku module for Netvibes”

Testing Vista ReadyBoost

<![CDATA[I recently ordered a Kingston DataTraveler Elite USB Flash drive to try out Vista’s ReadyBoost feature (previously blogged about here). It arrived in the post from eBuyer today and I decided to run a few semi-scientific tests to see what difference, if any, it made. Boot Times I timed Windows startup from cold before andContinue reading “Testing Vista ReadyBoost”

Fon Social Router – it's good, but it's not right

<![CDATA[I read about the Fon Social Router project (the largest wifi community in the world) a while ago. It seemed like an excellent idea – share your broadband with the lcoal community and in exchange you can surf the web worldwide, free of charge. When they got some financial backing from Google and dropped theContinue reading “Fon Social Router – it's good, but it's not right”